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Posted By: SiliconDream =PN= | Date: 1/13/02 1:22 p.m. | |
In Response To: Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts (Tycho7en) : Personally, I don't like the "timelines" idea. When I looked at the
Well...from the Cyborg's point of view, there's not a lot of difference between a multiverse with different timelines, and a single universe with changing pasts and futures. How might we distinguish between the two? For one thing, a single fluid universe should be altering all the time, according to the will of the W'rkncacnter (or chance). But we don't see that happening. Each arc of levels (usually three or more) is perfectly self-consistent. History only alters after your time jumps, never while you're just wandering around killing people. Also, you're constantly being exhorted to find the right path which will take you to a successful future, and that seems a bit odd if there is no right path. If the W'krncacnter's simply rewriting history periodically, then there's nothing really for you to do...just sit around and hope that eventually he rewrites himself back into prison. Both of these indicate that altering history is your job, not the W'rkncacnter's. (Although certainly the W'rkncacnter could make it easier, and I think that's why you can always jump back from a failed future). Tycho also blames you for the timeline shifts, and in fact depicts the W'rkncacnter (doubt) as opposed to them. As for whether there's one or many universes...the Ne Cede Malis terminal is pretty definite on that, I think. "Thousands are sailing." "A line of infinite ends." And then there are all the dream terminal lines about finding the right "way" or "path", which is only meaningful if there's a probabilityscape of multiple timelines for that path to wind through. --SiliconDream |
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Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 1:53 a.m. | |
Good grief! | Hamish Sinclair | 1/13/02 5:44 a.m. | |
Holy Doctoral Thesis Batman! *NT* *NM* | Ernie | 1/15/02 3:27 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Mark Levin | 1/13/02 6:46 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Tycho7en | 1/13/02 8:20 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Cpt. Sqweky | 1/14/02 8:32 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 3:47 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Andrew Nagy | 1/14/02 7:00 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/14/02 1:54 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/14/02 2:59 p.m. | |
Duplicate post, sorry *NM* | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/14/02 3:04 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Andrew Nagy | 1/18/02 7:24 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Tru7h | 1/18/02 9:11 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/18/02 1:10 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Andrew Nagy | 1/14/02 7:00 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Tycho7en | 1/13/02 7:43 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 1:22 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Tycho7en | 1/13/02 3:06 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 11:31 p.m. | |
Wow, it all makes sense now! | Jonah | 1/15/02 12:37 a.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Tycho7en | 1/15/02 4:04 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Rincewind MoG | 1/13/02 1:23 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | Tru7h | 1/13/02 1:49 p.m. | |
Re: Dream Terminal Thoughts | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 3:59 p.m. | |
Oh, and... | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 4:01 p.m. | |
Re: Oh, and... | Smasher | 1/13/02 7:29 p.m. | |
Re: Oh, and... | SiliconDream =PN= | 1/13/02 10:55 p.m. |
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